Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Geo Hack Day is a unique opportunity to get together with other location enthusiasts to build cool solutions using GIS and other geo data sources and services. Build something that has the potential to make a difference to people's lives across the world.

Location is a fundamental part of the apps on your phone and GIS is being used to show weather patterns, increase food production, detect traffic jams and more.

The event is being held at the Inmarsat Conference Centre right next

to Old Street Underground station in London.

Schedule - September 5th 2015

9:00am - Registration, coffee and pastries

9:30am - Opening presentations and idea pitching

Hear about innovative geo solutions and what tools you can use.

Pitch your idea and find people to join your team.

12:30pm - Lunch

6:30pm - Project submission deadline

6:45pm - Project pitches

8:30pm - Winners announced

Challenges And Prizes

We'll have some awesome challenges like best realtime app, best use of ArcGIS tools and best use of aircraft data. You can also win some cool prizes, see a sneak peek below...

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, previous hackday attendance or computing experience (or lack of any of the aforementioned). We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at any hackathon venue, including hacks, talks, workshops, parties, social media and other online media. Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon without a refund (if applicable) at the discretion of the hackathon organisers.

Our hackathon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, previous hackday attendance or computing experience (or lack of any of the aforementioned). We do not tolerate harassment of hackathon participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at any hackathon venue, including hacks, talks, workshops, parties, social media and other online media. Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the hackathon without a refund (if applicable) at the discretion of the hackathon organisers.